Workers' Compensation News
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Former WHO Member Sentenced on Oxycodone Distribution Charges
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05/17/2017
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State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A former World Health Organization executive member who admitted to distributing oxycodone to New York City-area patients in exchange for $300 cash was sentenced to 50 months in prison and three years of supervised release on Friday, the U.S. Department of Justice announced.
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Farmworker Pleads No Contest to Double-Dipping Allegations
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05/12/2017
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A former field supervisor for a farm labor contractor pleaded no contest and was found guilty on one count of making a false statement to obtain insurance benefits, and ordered to pay more than $10,000 in restitution, according to Intercare Holdings Insurance Services.
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Formulary Bill Clears First Hurdle, but Governor's Support a Question
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05/12/2017
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By: J. Todd Foster (Reporter)
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State: LA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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A committee of Louisiana lawmakers on Thursday passed a bill that would mandate adoption of the Official Disability Guidelines drug formulary, sending the measure to the floor of state House of Representatives for a vote as early as next week.
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Finance Committee Passes Uninsured Employer Bill
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05/09/2017
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State: CO | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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The Colorado Senate Finance Committee has approved a bill that would create an uninsured employers fund and give the state Division of Workers’ Compensation the authority to reduce penalties charged to uninsured businesses.
The committee on Friday voted 4-1 to send the bill to the S...Read More
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FDA Approves Abuse-Deterrent Opioid RoxyBond
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05/09/2017
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State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved RoxyBond, an abuse-deterrent formulation of immediate-release oxycodone.
RoxyBond is the first immediate-release opioid analgesic approved to be labelled as having abuse-deterrent properties, according to drug company Inspirion Delivery S...Read More
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Father's Company Wasn't Liable for Benefits to Employee of Son's Company
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05/08/2017
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Source: WorkCompCentral
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State: NE | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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The Nebraska Supreme Court ruled that a worker who was injured on a construction project failed to establish that his employer was a subcontractor working beneath an insured contractor or that his employer was engaged in a joint venture with another company.
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Former Insurance Center Owner Charged With Insurance Fraud
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05/08/2017
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State: MN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Minnesota authorities have accused the former owner of a Montevideo insurance agency of failing to apply customers' premiums to their policies, resulting in the cancellation of 12 policies, the West Central Tribune reports.
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Former N.J. Devils Player Sues 2 Hockey Teams, Insurance Carrier
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05/05/2017
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State: MN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Former professional hockey player Mike Peluso, 51, has sued the New Jersey Devils, the St. Louis Blues and the National Hockey League's insurance carrier, Chubb Group, in federal court, alleging they concealed health records that revealed his heightened risk of permanent brain damage for year...Read More
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